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Originally posted by TritonTaranis
Originally posted by Citybig
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
When superior Iranian drones start crashing in the US and Obama starts jumping up and down on the spot like an excited child... THEN i'll start taking Iran & your wishful thinking seriously
Until then dream away
I don't have to dream away.
Iran has 600,000 fulltime military personnel, with 1,800,000 reservists.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have at least 120,000 men including a large special forces branch.
The Basij militia comprises of 3,000,000 combat ready militiamen.
Sure they may not be the most technological advanced force on earth (for now, at least) simply the numbers alone create a major headache for any enemy.
I take them very seriously, I advise you do the same.
Obviously you're making up lies again CityBig and quite clearly you know absolutely nothing about war
Iran Active Military: 545,000 [2011]
Iran Active Reserve: 650,000 [2011]
I don't see how those numbers would in the slightest mean a headache for any conventional army if they don't have the hardware they're canon fodder, Nazi Germany cut down 26.6 million Russians on there Eastern front due to having superior fire-power & tactics, and they would have killed a whole lot more if it wasn't for the Nazi's fighting on two fronts
Active personnel 545,000 (ranked 8th)
Reserve personnel 1,800,000 (ranked 6th)
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
The only one who is being Imperialistic in today's modern society is the Chinese imperialism
Where has Tibet gone?
Just ignoring that one was you?
Originally posted by Citybig
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
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Do you still occupy Korea and Japan?
Still in charge of Iraq and Afghanistan are you?
Is half of your country based on lands you stole from the Mexicans?
Are you still attempting to force hegemony on the Pacific ocean by backing Taiwan to anger China?
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
The only one who is being Imperialistic in today's modern society is the Chinese imperialism
Where has Tibet gone?
Just ignoring that one was you?
Originally posted by Citybig
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
Its always funny when the two idiots in the class room join forces,
I can just see them now ....covertly sneaking into Toys R Us to back engineer RC toys
Iran took down the US's most sophisticated UAV without much trouble. It is not wise to underestimate Iranian capabilities.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
reply to post by ludwigvonmises003
Looking into the RQ-3. This is a newer model of outdated tech. It is not bleeding edge, or even cutting edge. Its a modified 90s design.
Originally posted by Citybig
In Australia, the US is about to put the fragile political balance at risk by basing spy planes out there to spy on China.
In Eastern Europe, the US is about to put the (very) fragile political balance at risk by basing hostile missile defence systems in Poland, targetted at Russia.
It is this imperialistic attitude the US has that thinks it has the right to do whatever it likes in whatever country it chooses, but this is falling away as nations like China, like Iran, like Russia make it known that they are prepared to confront your actions at all stages, and Venezuela now, announcing that it is working with Iran to develop UAV Technology.
US imperialism does exist, and it does have massive repercussions.
Originally posted by cconn487
Originally posted by Citybig
In Australia, the US is about to put the fragile political balance at risk by basing spy planes out there to spy on China.
In Eastern Europe, the US is about to put the (very) fragile political balance at risk by basing hostile missile defence systems in Poland, targetted at Russia.
It is this imperialistic attitude the US has that thinks it has the right to do whatever it likes in whatever country it chooses, but this is falling away as nations like China, like Iran, like Russia make it known that they are prepared to confront your actions at all stages, and Venezuela now, announcing that it is working with Iran to develop UAV Technology.
US imperialism does exist, and it does have massive repercussions.
Glad someone else sees it. Its kind of right in your face, and most people couldn't give a damn about it.
im·pe·ri·al·ism
the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
I thought we were helping other countries by bringing them democracy and free elections? Making the world a better place.
I have to admit, it was hard to type that without laughing my ass off. Just the definition of the word makes it all to clear how the US government uses the idea of democracy to do what it wants.
de·moc·ra·cy
government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
The US is not a democracy when the representatives we vote in get paid to vote for whoever gives them enough cash. So to impose the idea onto other countries sure sounds imperialistic to me.
Originally posted by Citybig
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
reply to post by ludwigvonmises003
Looking into the RQ-3. This is a newer model of outdated tech. It is not bleeding edge, or even cutting edge. Its a modified 90s design.
Introduced in 2007 = Modern technology.
It is believed that the Sentinel (introduced in 2007) is a "cost-effective" UAV system built from available conventional aircraft/UAV systems with "stealth-friendly" qualities built into the design.
In many respects, the Sentinel looks much like a smaller scale version of the Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber - particularly from the top and side profiles.
Originally posted by Citybig
Originally posted by TritonTaranis
Its always funny when the two idiots in the class room join forces,
I can just see them now ....covertly sneaking into Toys R Us to back engineer RC toys
Iran took down the US's most sophisticated UAV without much trouble. It is not wise to underestimate Iranian capabilities.